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...worried. Bush wasn't eager to strike any deal that would burnish the reputation of McCain, his bitter opponent in the Republican presidential primaries and still a rival today. So instead of supporting McCain-Edwards-Kennedy, Bush endorsed the more business-friendly measure sponsored by Senators John Breaux, Bill Frist and Jim Jeffords. So far, Kennedy's bill appears to have more support, though Republicans, led by minority leader Trent Lott, are introducing amendment after amendment meant to water down or even kill...
...voter concern that he's too sympathetic to Big Business, doesn't want to carry out his veto threat. G.O.P. Senators up for re-election in 2002 don't want to be labeled obstructionists. "We're going to pass a patients' bill of rights that is balanced," says Frist...
Democrats made sure the MCCAIN-EDWARDS-KENNEDY bill reached the Senate floor first. But many Republicans hope to modify it with large chunks of the rival BREAUX-FRIST-JEFFORDS bill (or kill it outright with amendments). Kennedy will have to budge on some issues--like whether the bill will pre-empt state laws. Bush hopes the bill gets weakened before it reaches the conference committee, leaving room for compromises he wants...
...Under Florida law, I was entitled to nothing more than an internal review by the insurer--I couldn't sue in state court. But if the McCain-Edwards-Kennedy Patient Protection bill becomes law in something close to its current form, it would let me sue. (The alternative Breaux-Frist-Jeffords bill would allow a lawsuit but put more obstacles in the way.) I might be able to sue in federal court under existing law--a federal statute bans placing riders on policies because of pre-existing conditions--but it's costly and time consuming, and all I could...
...Read Senator Frist's response